Freezing-tolerance of Macrobiotus harmsworthi (Tardigrada) and Plectus antarcticus (Nematoda) in the Antarctic region

• Main Authors: Hiromi Sugawara, Kouzou Tanno, Yoshikuni Ohyama, Hiromi Fukuda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1990
• Subjects: geo; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Langhovde; Syowa Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Plectus antarcticus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008688; https://doaj.org/article/0fb4697f57c04ef6bb8b7c20bba4bfff

In early January of 1988,we collected mosses in the ice-free Yukidori Valley area of Langhovde, near Syowa Station in East Antarctica. The mosses were stored at -20℃ and shipped to Japan. After ten months of storage, Macrobiotus harmsworthi J. MURRAY (Tardigrada) and Plectus antarcticus DE MAN (Nema...